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Missouri state lawmaker charged with selling fake stem cell treatments and claiming they are a cure for Covid-19
Updated 1:55 PM ET, Thu February 4, 2021
Patricia Derges speaks on stage at The Jefferson Awards Foundation 2017 DC National Ceremony on June 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. (CNN)A newly elected Missouri state representative and assistant physician faces charges for allegedly running a fraud scheme in her three clinics and providing prescription drugs illegally, according to federal prosecutors.
Prosecutors in the Western District of Missouri claim that Patricia Tricia Ashton Derges, who operates three Ozark Valley Medical Clinic locations, sold what she falsely advertised as a stem cell treatment. Court documents cite one instance on April 11, 2020, when Derges wrote a Facebook post about her clinic s treatment as an amazing treatment (that) stands to provide a potential cure for Covid-19 patients that is safe and natural.